Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Member, Defense Research Institute
Former Member, Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland (2001-2004)
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Washington, D.C.
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1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2541
Phone: 202.739.5452
Fax: 202.739.3001
Steven A. Luxton is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Mr. Luxton focuses his practice on litigating complex commercial disputes and defending product liability and toxic tort matters. He has represented a wide array of clients ranging from large corporations to small businesses in state and federal courts in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Texas.
His litigation experience includes all phases of discovery, such as defending and deposing fact and expert witnesses; briefing and arguing complex motions and state and administrative appeals; and trying both bench and jury trials that involve a broad range of issues including product liability, personal injury, and employment matters. In the toxic tort area, he has successfully defended clients in cases involving exposure to asbestos, cleaning solvents, and mold.
Mr. Luxton received his LL.M., with high honors, in litigation and dispute resolution at George Washington University Law School. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was a member of the University of Baltimore Law Review. He received his B.A. in political science and policy management studies from Dickinson College. After law school, Mr. Luxton served as a law clerk to Judge Robert E. Cadigan of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Luxton practiced in the litigation department of several prominent law firms in Baltimore.
Mr. Luxton is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Texas, and Maryland and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Selected Representations
- Ongoing representation of Fortune 500 company in defense of hundreds of consolidated toxic tort personal injury actions in Baltimore City.
- Ongoing involvement in significant aspects of the defense of large pharmaceutical company in MDL proceeding pending in federal court in Florida.
- Served as lead counsel in breach of contract case stemming from multimillion-dollar business dispute and negotiated favorable settlement on behalf of the defendant.
- Successfully obtained directed verdict as lead counsel in fraud jury trial in Maryland state court on behalf of commercial business owner.
- Represented national corporation in five-week toxic tort jury trial in Baltimore City involving over twenty plaintiffs. Successfully argued numerous motions before and during trial and assisted in securing mistrial for the defense.
- Represented railroad defendants in numerous FELA actions brought in Maryland federal court.
- Successfully represented several pro bono clients in state district court bench trials involving landlord-tenant disputes.
- Represented numerous health care providers in multimillion-dollar wrongful death and medical malpractice actions.
- Obtained injunctive relief and temporary restraining order for national financial corporation in Maryland state court action.
Education
- George Washington University Law School, 2008, LL.M. (Litigation and Dispute Resolution), With High Honors
- University of Baltimore School of Law, 1998, J.D., Magna Cum Laude
- Dickinson College, 1995, B.A.
